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Jerry, get ready. They’re waiting for you to speak.
As I walked through the cafeteria’s double doors to make my final annual presentation for our school’s debate club, I could not have been simultaneously more and less prepared. As a sophomore, I had given the speech to less than fifty people in one small, cramped room. This year, a cool two hundred packed the cafeteria, eager to hear my address. The pitch itself was as lucid as...

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Supplemental Essay Amusing anecdote

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“From Toronto, Canada, Jerry Peng!”
Receiving a medal on stage in front of thousands of equally talented, screaming high school students showed me that meaningful achievements demand continuous, never periodic, effort. That moment, of placing top 10 in an international business competition, was neither lucky nor painless.
As a shy freshman, I was rejected at the second interview stage for DECA, a competitive business club, because I lacked the presentation skills to succeed. As a sophomore, having developed more confidence and...

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Supplemental Essay “Why us” school essay

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I have three passions that have lasted me my lifetime thus far: sports, statistics, and business. When those are blended, the two fields that interest me are the statistics of sports and the business of sports.
I ended up passionate about statistics in sports when I first watched professional athletics. I loved my team, but was always perplexed by the inconsistency of athletic success. The great mystery in sports has always been finding a way to predict winners. Athletics have...

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General Admissions Advice

What might make for a good “Why Us” essay topic at my school

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I have three passions that have lasted me my lifetime thus far: sports, statistics, and business. When those are blended, the two fields that interest me are the statistics of sports and the business of sports.
I ended up passionate about statistics in sports when I first watched professional athletics. I loved my team, but was always perplexed by the inconsistency of athletic success. The great mystery in sports has always been finding a way to predict winners. Athletics have always been tainted by engrained stereotypes and biases, such as nepotism, that never accurately represent success on the field. However,...

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Most popular extracurricular activities at my college

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Debate, Dartmouth Investment...

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My favorite course thus far, and why

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History of...

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5 adjectives that describe a typical student at my school (Feel free to elaborate!)

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Friendly, Inquisitive,...

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What I like about my school’s location and culture

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Dartmouth's small close knit family culture...

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High School Performance

Weighted GPA

4.10

Rank

Top 5%

High School TypeMagnetAcademic Performance in High School
Low at first but improvedExplanation of Low Grades

I'm a first-generation student at the amazing Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. I'm interested in everything from biotech research to art to politics to exploring nature, which is why Dartmouth is the perfect place for me!